Guest guest Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 I have just concluded ny firts ablation procedure three weeks ago and it has stopped my bouts of twice daily high heart rates{ 160-220} Its like a miracle.I have suffered from this for years.My problem now lies wit my addiction to Lorazapam which I have been on for two years to relieve the anxiety and depression that afib has caused.I was not a good mental for the defib and was not told of its effects on my dailylife.I take 8 mg's per day and sleep a lot and have no energy. Does any one else have this problem and what can I do. Lorazapam is highly addictive and boy am I hooked.I know I would feel better if I could get off all these drugs. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 > > I have just concluded ny firts ablation procedure three weeks ago > and > > it has stopped my bouts of twice daily high heart rates{ 160-220} > Its > > like a miracle.I have suffered from this for years.My problem now > > lies wit my addiction to Lorazapam which I have been on for two > years > > to relieve the anxiety and depression that afib has > caused....Lorazapam is > > highly addictive and boy am I hooked.I know I would feel better if > I > > could get off all these drugs. Al > > Al, > > I was prescribed Ativan, also a benzodiazapan(sp?) like lorazapam. I > can't warn people enough about benzos. I found the group > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/benzo/ > to be very helpful in terms of advice and support when withdrawing. > > The key for me was to decrease the amount very very very slowly. > They have guidelines in the group. Usually docs tell you to withdraw > faster, but then you get horrendous side effects, potentially fatal. > Even with the slow withdrawal, the side effects are not good. But > they beat being addicted. I was on 1 mg a day, which is supposedly a > very low dose. It took me three months to taper to zero, and about > six months after that for all the side effects to go completely away. Thank you very much for your reply and the site to go to! I will need plenty of support since I am now on 8 mg a day.I am like a zombie most of the time.There are some wonderful caring people in this group and you are one of them.Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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